Regional Morning Briefing: Auriemma gets record win

High winds brought this tree down onto a deck and house on Cranberry Ln. in West Bradford about 3 a.m. Monday morning. Owner Nick Rastas said he and his family were not injured. Photo by Pete Bannan/Digital First Media

NEWS

Fired by one American commander in chief for insubordination, Michael Flynn has now delivered his resignation to another. President Donald Trump had been weighing the fate of his national security adviser, a hard-charging, feather-ruffling retired lieutenant general who just three weeks into the new administration had put himself in the center of a controversy. Flynn resigned late Monday.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection granted approval Monday for the permit applications from Sunoco Logistics for the Mariner East 2 pipeline project. The decision, which considered 17 chapter 105 (water obstruction and encroachment) and three chapter 102 (erosion and sediment control) permits, came “after extensive review,” according to an agency press release.

In between discussions of tiered interest rates on money markets and home equity lines of credit, more than 300 TruMark Financial Credit Union employees managed to engage in a little philanthropy while they enjoyed more camaraderie than might typically be found at an annual meeting.

Two people were injured after their car hit a tree and caught on fire, according to firefighters. Wagontown Fire Company firefighters were dispatched at 2:18 a.m. Sunday to the 300 block of North Sandy Hill Road for a single automobile accident, reported on fire. Wagontown Fire Chief Todd Zeigler said that the driver and passenger were able to exit the vehicle prior to the arrival of first responders.

Lansdale police said Monday they’re investigating an attempted phone scam in which a caller tried to swindle a person out of money for a purportedly overdue electric bill. Lt. Alex Kromdyk said that on Sunday, Feb. 12, a member of an unspecified borough religious organization told police that he had been receiving numerous phone calls from a person who claimed to be from a collection agency and was trying to collect an outstanding debt on their Lansdale electric bill. However, the organization’s bookkeeping records indicated their account was up to date and they didn’t owe any money, Kromdyk said.

SPORTS

The first two games Gabby Williams faced South Carolina she managed a total of two field goals in a pair of wins for the UConn women’s basketball team. She had a slightly bigger impact as the Huskies became the first NCAA basketball program to win 100 games in a row.

So the Flyers have been a lot less than outstanding this season, and their recent stretch of mediocrity has set them up for a less-than-happy standings outcome when April rolls around. To make the playoffs, they’re going to have to go on the kind of stretch-drive run that they did a season ago.

ENTERTAINMENT

Yeah, Fat Tuesday isn’t till Feb. 28, but Mardi Gras time in New Orleans has officially been underway since approximately Feb. 10. That’s according to Jake Eckert, guitarist and vocalist for New Orleans Suspects, who will team up with another NOLA band Eckert called “our homeboys,” Bonerama, with a “Beads, Bones & Suspects Mardi Gras” tour stop Feb. 17 at Ardmore Music Hall.